Wire-bound-box machine.



J. H. GzSBNSTREET.

.WIRE Boum: BOX MACHINE. APPLIOA'HON PIL'BD HAY 11, 1910.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

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J. H. GRBBNSTRBETV. vWIRE BOUND BOX MACHINE.

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J. H. GRBENSTREET. WIRE BOUND BOX MACHINE.

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WIRE BOUND BOX MACHINE.

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Patenp: Mar. 7, 1911.

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Be it known that l, Jnsond. GREEN- ornron.

JASON H. GREENSTREET, F INDIAHAPOLIS, INDIA-NA. l

WIREfBOUND-BOX MACHINE.

s'mmn'r, a citizen of 'the United States, residing at Ind1ann1mhs,.in`the county of 5 Marion and State of lndimia, have invented a new and useful. lNire-BonndB0x Machine, of which. the following is a specifi cation. -V I The object of my invention is to produce 1o` :t machine for making wire. bound box blanks from cleats, sheets and binding wire secured to the cleats and sheets by suitable staples.

The. accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1. is a. front elevntion'of a muchinc embodyine my invention; Fig. 9.. a plan in section be ow the staplmg mechanism; F 1g.

i n' 3. a longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 4. a

" vertical section on a larger scale showing in detail the connections for producing the desired spacing bet-Ween the last section of one blank and the lirst section of the succeeding blank,- Fig'. 5 a fragmentary plan ofthe main drive shaft 11. Rising from the frame cleat spacing mechanism in its two Yositions adjacent the initial end of its stro re; Fi

10 are suitable brackets 10v 10 which supp ort the stapling mechanisms .12 of any de- S11-ed type, said mechanisms being arranged above a stapling anvil 13. The details of this stapling mechanism are not material so far as my present invention is concerned., and, therefore, need no further description.

Ex'zcnding longitiihiinally throu h the machine and over the anvil 13, are c eat guides 14, 14; one of which is preferably adjustable toward and from the 'pther by any suitable mechanism. as shown. Arranged in the` rc oeiving end of each cleat -guide, is a cleat feeding belt 15, preferably provided at one or more points in its length with fingers 16 adopted to positivelt engage the. cleats and v.drive them orwar ly through the guide.

Each chain 15 is driven `by 'means of a sprocket wheel 17, and the two s rocket wheels are secured to a shaft 18, w lich is d 'venin means of a friction clutch 19, the Eu ey e ement'of said clutch being driven y means of a belt 2Q coming from a pulley 21 carried by a shaftQQ driven by a chain the stroke,y

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23 from the main drive shaft 11, theorran ement being such that the chains 15 are I un er n constant but yielding driving force.

Arranged closely adjacent the forward end of each chain 15, is :in interruptor finger 31, which is adapted to be. projected into and out of the ud'eccut. cleat guide. rlhc linger 31 is carried y an :x1-m 32 mounted upon u roel; shaft 33, and is yieldingly urged toward the cleat guide by a spring 34. Se.- cured to the lower end of shaft 33 (sce dotted lines Five. 5 and 6l is an urm 35 connected by a Ilinlr 3G with one arm on the bell crank lever 37, the other arm of which is connected'to a slide 38 provided with a liuger 39 at its rear end.

Pivoted at 41 ou the main frame is u Swingin arm 42, the upper end of which is pro]ecte into position where it may engage finger 39 at the rear end'of its stroke.` Arm 42 is ieldingly urged to theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 4 by means of a Weighted cable 42'.' Loosely connected with the upper end of arm 42 is thercar end of'a s :icing linger 43, the forward end ot which 1s provi ed with a' cleat-spacing portion-44, and a sheet-spacing portion 45, which twojportions may be projected laterally into and withd rawn from the cleat guide. The finger 43 is provided with a cam portion 46 which, at the rear end of the stroke, comes into engagement with a pin 4Z which serves to noject portion 44-45 into the cleat gui e, and at the forward end of its stroke comes into en agement with a pin 48 which serves to wit. draw said portion from the cleat guide. The travel of finger 43 is over the anvil 13, and, therefore, the portion 44-45 of the finger is moved from one side to the other of the stapling plane.

Arranged beyond the stapling plane is any suitable mechanism for engaging the counected sheets and cleat."` for the purpo e of feeding the same step-`oystep througl the machine. In the present form, I have sl own an intermittently moving feed chain 51 arranged adjacent the cleat Guide and cop erating with unsuitable series of rollers 52. which serve as an abutment for the. chain. The feed chains 51 are driven by a suitable train from the ratchet shaft 53 connected iu 'a well known manner to the main driveshaft 11, as shown.

AThe reciprocating head 12 of the stapling mechanism is connected by the usual pitmen 54 with-the shaft Inand the shaft 11 is driven the common Singh-.Mirow clutch 55 and the continuously moving pulley 5t?.

p Clutch 55 is controlled bv means of a lover 57, a link 58, and a footV lever 59. Y

In order to produce a sufficient space between the last'portion of one box blank and the rst portion of a succeeding box blank,v to thereby provide a sutiicient. length Aof vbinding Wire to form tying ends, l have rovided the followino mechanism VEaten inv Z b A across the machine, beneath the stationary head 12, is a rock shaft. 6l provided with a pair of stop fingers 62, S2, one of which is adjustable toward the other 1n order that it may be set to conform with any position of the adjustable cleat guide 14. These stop fingers 62 are intended to be thrown down into the. pat-h of movement of the spacing lingers 43 order to form an abutment therefor at a point where a cleat held therevby will be in lposition to receive its' first staple from the stapling mechanism. This position-1s shown m full lines 1n Fig. 6. In

order to control the rock shaft 6 1, Isecu-.re

' the feeding of the staple wire 70 from which the staples are formed.

. The arms 66 are carried by a rock shaft 7l. and this shaft carries an arm) connected by a link 73 with a lever 74 arranged in position where it. maj; be readily engaged hv the knee of the controlling operative. The several parts connected to the rock sha"t T1 are held yieldingly in normal position hy means of a spring connected to an arm 7i? carried by the rock shaft 71.

The operation is as follows: The cleatr'eediro; operai-ive. who may be a cheap boy, will p1; 'e cleats Rl in the receiving ends of the two cleat guides 1l. in regular sequence and those cleats will be engaged b v the projections 1G of the chain 15 and he driven forwardly through the cleat guide until the forward cleat comes into engagement with the interrupter finger 31, whereupon the friction driving* mecha ism for shaft 1S 'will yield and movement of the. chains 15 will temporarily cease. In this position of parts. the portion Lit-115 of each spacer 43 lies within the cleat guide a littlein advance of the forward end of the arrested cleat, as indcntcd in dotted lines in Fig. 5 and the operative will then press upon lever 74 so ns to throw finger 62 down into the path of ,travel of the linger 43, and will, in the case of the very first cleat which passes through the maf-muc, Withdraw lingers 31 by hand vthe path of movement of lingers i3 so so thalthc initial cleat may he projected lor- \\'ardl v until it cornes into engagement with portion 44 of linger 43 at the position iudicated in ful-l lines in Fig. (i. A. sheet Sr. will then be fed in the machine beneath the stapling heads and binding wires $3, carried beneath the stapling heads, in the usual manner. In placing the sheet its forward edge will be moved into engagement with the portion 45 of each finger t3 so as tobe properly located in relation to the cleats. In this position of the cir-ats, the interruptor fingers 3l rest against tin` sides of the cleats, as shown in Fig. 6. 'l'hereupon, the controlling operative (who stands 'bet-Ween the cleat guides to the rear of shaft 2:?) will ste upon lever 5f) so as to start the stapling an feeding mechanisms into ope 'a tion, but there will be no formation of staples because bar 67 Alies beneath tioffers (i8. The operative immediately releases lever T4, whereupon fingers 62 are u'itlnlrawn from that the sheets and cleats mar.r be advanced through the machine and into position to be engaged by the feedingr chains 5l. Before this advancement takes place, the first stapies 84: are driven by the stapling mechaf mism. As the'cleats and sheet are advanced by hand for the first cleats) beneath the stapling mechanism, the forward end Offinger 43 comes into engagement with pin 48 and the portion 44-45 is withdrawn from the cleat guide, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6. and the Weighted cable 42 serves to immediately draw the finger 43 bark to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5, Where cam 46 has just come into engaejement with pin 47, but= the tip of the portion 44-45 rests against the side of the forwardly moving,r cleat and thus prevents the completion of the rearward stroke of finger 43. In the'lneantime, the forwardly mov mg cleat has been preventing the interruptor i 3] from moving into the. cleat. .guide but at its rear end, the cleat is dubbed ott. as indicated at so that when this portion of the uh at comes opposite the interrupter, the interrupter may pass intl the cleat guide in 'front of the oncoming,r cleat so as t'o arrest its further movement. The forwardlv moving cleat continues, however, until its rear end passes'beyond the portion of finger 43 and, as Soon as this occurs, the finger 43 may continue its rearward movement so that. its portion i4-45 ispro'iected by pin 47 into the cleat guide. as indicated 4in dotted lines in Fig. At this time. the

lever 42 engages finger 39 of slide 3S and withdraws the in terrupter 31 from the path of movement of the oncoming cleats so that. the forward one of those cleats may be ad vanced into engagement with the spacing finger 43. thus definitely establishing a proper relation between the thst two cleats.

' step-by-step advancement of the chains 5l will serve to drawit, and the cleats to which it is attached, through the machinewithout further attention.

T he operation descrihedivill he continued until four cleats (ifA four-sided boxes are being made) have passed through the machine. While the fourth cleat is passing beneath the stapling heads, the operative will press forwardly upon lever .74 so as to swing lingers 62 down into the paths of movement ot lingers 43 and so as to swing bar 67 into position' beneath fingers 68, thus arresting the feedingl action of thestaple wires TO. 'As a consequence, the oncoming cleats will be arrested at the position shown in Fig.: 6, while the cleats in advance of fingers 43 will continue their forard movement, thus drawing Wires 83 beneath the stapling mechanism and furnishing a suticient quantity at the end of each blank. Whenever enough wire has been provided in this Way, vthe operative will release lever 74: and the operation of the machine will continue as already described.

. it will be noticed that the machine is entirely under the control of a single operative and that the operation of the'machine may be continuons if the controlling operative is able to feed sheets thereto with .sufiicient speed.

In case the withdrawal of portion i4-45 f rom between thesp'aced cleats should offer any diiiiculty, by reason of the slight angle resulting from withdrawal, the construc-v tion indicated Vin Fig. 7 may be readilv A gadopted, the portion PY-45 and cam 4d' being carriedlhgv parallel motion links 91 l mounted upon the sliding block 92 connected by a link 43 qr-With lever 42.

I claim as my invention: t

1. The combination, with ia. guide for a. )lurality ofarticies of material to be associated together in'spaccd relation, of a spaoing member formed for spacing insertion between suoli articles and movable for a limited space with such articles, means for causing the insertion of said spacing member into the path of travel of such articles to the rear of'each article, means for withdrawing said' spacing member from such line, means for returning said spacing member to its initial position, and means other than the spacing member for driving the article along said guide.

2. The combination, with a guide to receive a plurality of articles to be associated in la spaced relation, of' a spacing member initial position.

arranged adjacent the path of travel of said articles and projeclable into said path. said spacing member having a portion adapted to engage an article as it passes to prevent projection of the spacing member 7 into the path of movl-ment of the articles until thearticle has passed said portion, the said 'spacing member being subsequently withdrawablc from the path of movement Yof the articles and then returnable to initial position for re-piojection into said path of movement.

3. The combination, of a guide arranged to receive a plurality of articles to be associated in a spaced relation, a spacing member arranged adjacent the path of movement of said varticles and progectable into and along the path of movement of said articles,` means controlled by the passage of an article along its guide for preventing projection of the spacer into the path of movement of said articles, means for withdrawing the spacer from the path of movement or" said articles after projection of said spacer alone the path of movement of the articles, am means for returning said spacing member to Ll. In a wire-bound box machine, the combination, with cleat guides, and stapling mechanism, of a spacing member 'arranged 95 adjacent the path of travel of the cleats and projectable into said path, said spacing member having a portion adapted to engage a' cleat and be thereby prevented from pro-A jection into the nath of movement of the,

'member arranged adjacent the path ot travel of the cleats and projectable. into said path, said spacing member having a portion U0 adapted to engage a cleat and he thereby," prevented from projection into the path of movement of the cleat unt-il the cleat 'nas passed tbe spacing member, means for withdrawing said spacing member from the path ot' movement of the cleat, and means for retnrning said spacing member to initial position.

6. n a wire-bound box machine, the combination with cleat guides and stapling mechanism, of means for driving sheets and cleats through the machine, a spacing member arranged adjacent each line of movement of the cleats and projectable into and along /f-:aid line of movement,.means controlled by the passage of a cleat for preventing projection of said spacer into the path of movement of the cleats. means serving to project said spacer into the mth of movement o1" the cleats when the cient has passed .1 30

L oelsaaeoV I lw preventing means. means for withdraw- "rf lli parer from the-path of movement or' the eli-als after projection along' said initial position.

IT. ln a \\'ire-bound box machine.y the combination of a cleat guide, a Spacing linger arranged adjacent 'said cleat guide and movable longitudinally thereof, means for withdrawingsaid spat-ingr linger laterally from the cleat guide, means for returning the sparing: linger to initial position with the spacing linger in contact with the forwardly moving-cleat, and means for driving said spacing' linger into t-he cleat guide to the rear of the cleat when the same has passed the spacer.

ti. .ln a box machine, the combination of a cleat guide, a spacing member movable into, along and out of, said cleat guide` a stop projectahlo into the path of movement of Said. spacing; member along the cleat guide, and .means b v which aid stop may be controlled, stnpling' mechanism arranged to act on the floats as they pass through the guides, and means controlled by the stop controller' for interrupt-ing the stapling action of the path. and iin-ans for returning the spacer to staplinp,r mechanism. I

9. ln a box machine, the. combination of a cleat. guide, a spacing member movable into, aloner and out of. said cleat. guide, a stop projectahle into the path ofmovement of said spacing member along the cleat guide, and means by which said stop maybe con- .trolled.

10. l n a box machine, the combination of a cleat guide, a spacing member movable into, along and outL of said cleat guide, a stop member movable into-and out of the line of travel of the spacer along the cleat path, means by which said stop member may be controlled, stapling mechanism arranged to act on the cleats as they pass through the guide, means controlled by the stop con troiler for interrupting the stapling action of the stapling mechanism, a cleatfeeder arranged to deliver cleats to the spacer, an interruptor movable into and outot' the line ot' travel of the cleats from said feeder to the spacer, and means controlled by the cleat spacer for intermittently withdrawing the interruptor. V

1l. lu a box machine, the combination of a cleat. guide, a spacing member movable into, along and out o said cleat guide. a stop member movable into and out of the line ot travel of the spacer along the cleat path,

means by which said stop member may be controlled. a cleat feeder arranged to deliver cleats to the spacci-,an interrupter movable into and out of the line of travel'of the cleats-,from said feeder to the spacer, and means controlled by the cleat spacer for intermittently withdrawing the interrupter.

1 In a; box'machine, the combination of the cleat' guide, a reciprocating spacing member movable longitudinally of the cleat guide and also movable laaerally of the cleat guide into and ont of the path of movement of the cleats, means for projecting said member into toe cleat path at one end of its longitudinal movement, means for withdrawing the lspacing member from the cleatpath at the opposite end of its longitudinal movement, means for returning the cnat spacer longitudinally to its initial position, a cleat feeder arranged to deliver cleats along the cleat guide to the spacer, an interruptor arranged adjacent the cleat guide between the cleat. feeder and theA spacer and movable into andl out of the cleat` path, and means controlled by the spacer npon its return movement for withdrawing the interrupter from the cleat path, a stop member projectable into and one of the path of longitudinal movement of the spacerv` and means by which said stop member may be controlled. i

13. In a box machine, the combination of the cleatguide, a reciprt'icating` spacing 1nember-movable longitudinally of the cleat guide and also movable laterally of the cleat guide into and ont of the path of movement of the cleats, means for projectingsaid member into the cleat path at' one end of.its longitudinal movement, means for withdrawing the spacing member from the cleat path at the opposite end of its longitudinal movement., means for returning` the cleat spacer longitudinally to its initial position, a cleat feeder arranged to deliver 'cleats along the cleat guide to the spacer, an interrupter arranged adjacent. the cleat guide between the cleat feeder and the spaeerqnd `1novable into and outbf the cleat path, and means controlled by the spacer upon its return movement for withdrawing the interi-opter from the cleat path.

14. In a box machine, the combination of the cleat guide, a reciprocating spacingr member movable longitndinall;Y of the cleat guide and also movable laterally of the cleat guide into and out of the path of movement of the cleats, means for projecting said member into the cleat path at one end of its longitudinal movement, means for wit-hdrawing the spacing member from the cleat path at the opposite end of its longinidinal movement, means for returning the cleat spacer longitudinally to its initial position` a cleat feeder arranged to deliver cleats along the cleat guide to the spacer, an interrupter arranged adjacent the cleat guide between the cleat feeder and the spacer and movable into and out of the cleatpath, and means cont-rolled by the 'spacer upon its return movement for withdrawing the interrupter from the cleat path, a stop member projectable into and out of the path of longitudinal movement of the spacer, means by Y controlled by the stop member conrolling nine hqndred and ten.'

' ection oi the stop member into the path o). l l

which said stopmember may be ontrolled, i In Witness whereof, I have herexinto set stapling mechanism arranged to act upon y my hand {md seal ai Indianapolis, Indiana, 10 the cleats in the 'cleat guldes, and means this 'sixnlh day of May, A. D. 'one thousand means fo;` interrupting `the action a"of the JASON g, GREENSTREET, [L 5,] staplngimechanism during the time 'of pro` Witnesses: A ARTHUR M. Hoon,

ongtudina-l movement'of the spaer. Y THOMAS MCMBAN'S.

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